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Friday, August 05, 2005

Thoughts on Stealing Your Land by Eminent Domain

This 5 to 4 decision by the Supreme Court (Kelo vs. New London) has stirred up a firestorm in both directions. Many municipalities across the country are rushing to take private property to turn over to developers as schemes in waiting are put into practice. On the other hand, legislation at both the state and the federal level has been introduced that would head off this decision, either by outlawing this perversion of eminent domain at the state level or by defunding projects at the federal level. This week, the Alabama governor signed a law prohibiting cities and counties from using eminent domain for private development.

The spin by liberals is also consistent. After observing the groundswell of protest against this decision, many Democrats and their mainstream media accomplices are calling this decision “one made by conservative judges”. Don’t be fooled by this. The justices who voted in favor were: Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, Kennedy and Souter – all liberal judges. Those voting against were O’Connor, a swing judge, and justices Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas – all conservative judges. This horrendous decision offers ample evidence for the need to appoint and confirm conservative judges.

On the other hand, some conservatives have led drives to take Justice Kennedy’s and Justice Souter’s homes by eminent domain to make an example and pay them back. This is good for a laugh, but should not be taken seriously or supported. Anyone participating in these schemes by punishing judges who make decisions in good faith is stooping to the level of those we oppose who obstruct, defame, lie and distort. We should stick with constitutional processes and stay within our system, no matter how long it takes or how hard it seems.

7 Comments:

I question why liberal judges made this decision. What was their rational? Liberal judges are typically less supportive of businesses (IE private developers) than their conservative counterparts, aren't they?

Welcome back, Bob. We conservatives are very used to you liberals obfuscating, rather than confronting the real issue, which is the forced taking of private property by a public body the ownership of which is to be transferred to a private party.

Being radical is a good idea sometimes. I say take the property of all those judges responsible. Then and only then will they be able to relate to how the "little people" feel to be thus violated.When you live in a world of paper shuffling you lose touch with reality, which they obviously have.

at some point the american people ( what is left of us )are going to get sick of all the bullshit that the government keeps feeding us and there is going to be another revolution in this country . i just hope its not too late when it happens

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Russell Wilcox is a retired college professor who spends several months in Florida and several months in Rhode Island each year, and whose interests include boating and sailing, sports, political activism, ballroom dancing and bridge. He has an MBA from Harvard, a Computer Systems CAGS from Bryant and a BS from Northeastern. He has worked in industry for EG&G and Texas Instruments, operated his own business with more than 200 employees, and served as Director of the Computer Information Systems Program for Stonehill College. An Army veteran and private pilot, he is a published author, and is the proud father of four children and the proud grandfather of seven grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. A holder of two patents in microchip connections and a true product of the melting pot, his father is the son of a Yankee farmer, and his mother the first generation daughter of Italian immigrants who retained their culture, but strove mightily to become Americans, sending four sons to fight against Hitler and Mussolini.